Indian Cricket Team’s director Ravi Shastri on Monday made it clear that Virat Kohli’s men will have no half measures when they take field in the first Test against Sri Lanka. Shastri said though M Vijay’s unavailability was a big blow to the batting unit, the team will pick the best five batsmen for the first Test match. Excerpts from the press conference: How much will the team miss the services of M Vijay? Big blow. He is the in-form player and has had a fabulous run in Test match cricket. He has the ability to play the long innings which he has shown and he will be missed because he is an experienced player now. What will be the approach of the team? You don't come to a cricket ground to draw a cricket match so you play a brand of cricket where you look to take the game forward and you look to take 20 wickets, that is paramount. You have got to think how you can take 20 wickets to take the game forward and win the game. What is your take on the five-bowler theory? It could be five, could be six or it could be four - whatever it takes to take 20 wickets. You have to do your best. You don't want to reach that position of the sixth bowler but you want ideally four if not five. The endeavour is to look to take 20 wickets so you can win matches. You have to think in that fashion Five bowlers is the first option at all times unless you get a pitch where you know four bowlers are enough, where you know it will turn from Day One or where it is going to seam and hoop all over the place from Day One. Then you might not need five bowlers. But (we will apply) the Bangladesh formula as much as we can. It will be an added responsibility for the batsmen but it also gives you a chance to stay in the contest if you are bowled out quickly. What do you think of Cheteshwar Pujara’s form and whether he fits in the scheme of things? We will have to play our five best batsmen. If he fits into that he will play if he doesn’t fit in, he doesn’t play. As simple as that. What do you make of Wriddhiman Saha? Saha is a very good player and he might have got out cheaply but he has got the temperament to score runs. He batted really well in Sydney to save that Test match in the second innings. When he got the opportunity he looked good at the crease. It’s converting that start into one big score and giving himself the self-belief that he can perform. And it’s not just Saha. Each one of those bowlers will have to put a price-tag on their wickets. No wicket is free these days and you have to make the bowlers earn those wickets and a lot will be expected from the bowlers. Should Rohit Sharma be batting at No. 3? Rohit Sharma is a class player. It’s just a case of him smelling the coffee, spending some time in the middle, getting off to a start and then we know what he can do. It could be a very good position for him at No. 3 because he has the ability to counter-attack and yet at the same time initially he will have to be tight. So we are giving him the opportunity, we know he has the game for it and let’s hope he clicks because it will be exciting from viewers’ point of view, Indian fans’ point of view if he gets cracking. What do you think of playing two off-spinners together in the playing XI? They are different bowlers. Totally different bowlers. They complement each other beautifully. Both of them have tons of experience and it’s great to have them. You can see the difference in their actions. Harbhajan is more over the top, Ashwin is more conventional. Ashwin can bowl both over and round the wicket, one is loopy and one can be quicker through the air. There are plenty of variations there. If they start getting their variations out, even as a batsman you will feel that there are two off-spinners but they are actually two different bowlers. One is over the top, more open chested the other one is more classical.